First Taste of Sin | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ||||
Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1972 | |||
Recorded | 1972 | |||
Studio | Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco & Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Soul, rock, jazz | |||
Length | 36:38 | |||
Label | Reprise Records | |||
Producer | Donny Hathaway | |||
Cold Blood chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
First Taste of Sin is the third album by the Oakland, California band Cold Blood, and their first for Reprise Records. [2] This album is noted for being produced by soul singer/musician Donny Hathaway. [3] It also includes the original version of Hathaway's "Valdez in the Country", which Hathaway himself would record the next year for his 1973 album Extension of a Man . [4]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Visions" | Donny Baldwin, Boroquez | 3:19 |
2. | "Lo and Behold" | James Taylor | 4:12 |
3. | "Down to the Bone" | Danny Hull, Cecil Stoltie | 5:19 |
4. | "You Had to Know" | Donny Hathaway | 5:47 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
5. | "My Lady Woman" | Hull, Stoltie | 4:01 |
6. | "No Way Home" | Hull, Raul Matule | 3:23 |
7. | "Inside Your Soul" | Max Haskett | 3:26 |
8. | "All My Honey" | Hull, Stoltie | 3:27 |
9. | "Valdez in the Country" | Hathaway | 3:44 |
Total length: | 36:38 [5] |
Chart (1972) | Peak position |
---|---|
Billboard Pop Albums [6] | 133 |